Kolkata: In a forward-looking step towards transition from ‘Make in India’ to ‘Make from India’, state-run shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with European shipbuilder Naval Group France to collaborate in the surface ship building to cater to the […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: After a failed seven-year attempt at procuring four Landing Platform Docks (LPDs), India has begun a new acquisition process expected to be worth over $3 billion for these amphibious warfare naval warships under the latest procurement rules. The Ministry of Defence issued […]
Kolkata: One of India‘s state-run shipyards has bagged an export order from South American nation Guyana for the supply of one ocean-going passenger and cargo vessel, boosting its potential for more export orders in the days to come. City-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) bagged the order […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The need for artificial intelligence and unmanned systems in maritime surveillance is being increasingly felt because of the regularity with which the indigenous ship-building industry is delivering platforms to the Indian Navy. The increase in the inventory of platforms with the navy comes […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General (Dr) V. K. Saxena From the perspective of self-reliance and ‘Atmnirbhar Bharat‘, India has a reason to cheer in the festive […]
New Delhi: India today inducted its fourth anti-submarine warfare warship in six years, shoring up navy’s fighting capabilities against underwater threats, primarily from China‘s submarines that have sneaked too close to its territorial waters in the recent years. Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane commissioned INS Kavaratti, […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated at 9 am today with expert opinions on the defence export trend all over the article.) New Delhi: India could achieve just about 25 per cent of its $2-billion defence export target in the first six months of this fiscal that began Apr. 2020, hit […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The precarious situation that one of India’s private shipyards finds itself over its debts has put the navy in a quandary over how to proceed with a Rs 20,000-crore ($2.65-billion) tender for building four amphibious warships. One of the options being considered […]
New Delhi: The current two-month face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in Ladakh over infrastructure projects notwithstanding, India today said it will push ahead with the strategic border roads, bridges and tunnels that boost the nation’s forward connectivity. India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh reviewed the progress […]
New Delhi: India’s coast guard today inducted a new fast patrol vessel built at an indigenous shipyard, boosting its ability intercept and stop illegal activities in the nation’s territorial waters. One of India’s top state-run domestic shipyard, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) delivered Indian Coast Guard Ship […]
New Delhi: The Indian Navy today commissioned a new amphibious warfare craft at Port Blair, the capital port of a strategically important island territory of the nation close to the Malacca Strait, a maritime choke point in the Indian Ocean Region. Tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command‘s Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Defence ties between India and the US received a booster shot when President of the United States Donald J. Trump was in New Delhi on Feb. 25. The two nations signed military business deals cumulatively worth nearly $3.5 billion for 24 Lockheed […]
Kolkata: India’s state-run Garden Research Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) today touched a key milestone under the navy’s next generation frigates project, with a keel laying for the second of the three warships it would build under the programme. India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G. […]
New Delhi: India’s Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) have a healthy order book worth Rs 2,31,981 crore ($32.5 billion) that could help them stay in business for a period ranging from two years to 10 years. The details of the order book for each of the DPSUs is […]
New Delhi: One of India’s four defence shipyards, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), today successfully delivered a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard. This is the second vessel in the series of five FPVs ordered by the Indian Coast Guard from GRSE. GRSE […]
